Crowds at City Hall
Opening of Twin Peaks Tunnel Festivities [dpwbook21 dpw5121]
Civic CenterTwin Peaks Tunnel
Contains: photos
The first streetcar through the tunnel was a landmark event in the decentralization of the City of San Francisco, spurring development and making the city what it is today. The process of getting there, however, was far from easy. More on the anniversary and the construction in an <a href="http://outsidelands.org/twin-peaks-tunnel.php" target="blank">article on OutsideLands.org</a> and on the <a href="http://outsidelands.org/podcast/WNP262_Twin_Peaks_Tunnel" target="blank">Outside Lands San Francisco podcast.</a>
Twin Peaks Tunnel
West Portal. Opening of Twin Peaks Tunnel, Mayor James Rolph on streetcar, City Engineer M.M. O'Shaughnessy in light coat. [dpwbook21 dpw5122]
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
East portal of Twin Peaks tunnel near intersection of Castro and Market Streets. [Twin Peaks Tunnel - East Portal dpwbook23 dpw5677]
Castro
Forest Hill Station
[Twin Peaks Tunnel - Laguna Honda, interior dpwbook23 dpw5678] Forest Hill Station
Forest Hill
Twin Peaks Tunnel
[Twin Peaks Tunnel - W. Portal dpwbook23 dpw5679] West Portal when new.
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
M-Line #45 Outbound at Twin Peaks Tunnel. Inbound 8-Line #149
West Portal
West Portal & Ulloa
Municipal Railway (Muni) streetcar #1135 exiting Twin Peaks Tunnel. Reconstruction of West Portal of tunnel in progress.
West Portal
Madrone & Vicente
Elevated view easterly from 200 Vicente street across empty lots at Madrone Avenue and Wawona (site of 198 Wawona, built 1926) toward the West Portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel. Edgehill in the distannce. [West End Twin Peaks Tunnel] [dpwbook30 dpw7353]
West Portal
Collingwood & Market
K-line Streetcar emerging from Collingwood Portal of the Twin Peaks Tunnel during construction of the Market Street Subway.
Castro
Ulloa near West Portal
Looking east Twin Peaks Tunnel, Mt. Davidson, Municipal Railway (Muni) L-Line streetcar #99.
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Muni Car #1169 on the L-Line exiting West Portal. Within 3 years this tunnel is gone.
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
West Portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel viewed from Ulloa St. [West Portal dpwbookBROWNBOOK dpw10607]
West Portal
Forest Hill
Sign advertising Twin Peaks Tunnel and site of Forest Hill Station, Laguna Honda(Almshouse) Hospital in Background
Forest Hill
Twin Peaks Tunnel
West Portal, Municipal Railway (Muni) K-Line streetcar #1
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
MUNI J-line streetcar #89 about to enter West Portal of tunnel
West Portal
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Streetcar #1024 entering West Portal, Twin Peaks Tunnel.
West Portal
Castro & Market
View south to large crowd watching City engineer O'Shaughnessy speaking for the Twin Peaks Tunnel Celebration for pedestrian opening at East Portal.
Corona Heights
Castro & Market
Twin Peaks Tunnel Celebration at East Portal. Looking north. 300 block of Castro on upper right. House at 354 Castro St visible at center.
Castro
Twin Peaks Tunnel
Twin Peaks Tunnel Celebration, West Portal entrance. Pedestrians walking through the tunnel.
West Portal
West Portal & Ulloa
L-Taraval Line streetcar #1143. Construction of new MUNI metro station.